Sethu (writer)
| A. Sethumadhavan | |
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| Born |
June 5, 1942 Chendamangalam, Ernakulam district, Kerala, India |
| Pen name | Sethu |
| Occupation | Writer, Banker |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Alma mater | UC College, Aluva |
| Period | 1956–1960 |
| Genre | Novel, short story, essays |
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A. Sethumadhavan (born 5 June 1942), popularly known as Sethu, is a Malayalam fiction writer. He has published more than 35 books. He won the Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award in 2007 for the work Adayalangal. He received the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Awards in 1982 and 1978 for his works Pandavapuram and Pediswapnangal; and Vayalar Award for Adyalangal in 2005. He also won Odakkuzhal award for his novel Marupiravi. Sethu's other literary works include Velutha Koodarangal, Thaliyola, Kiratham, Niyogam, Sethuvinte Kathakal and Kaimudrakal. He also served as the chairman and CEO of the South Indian Bank.
Sethu was born in Chendamangalam, a village in Ernakulam district, in the year 1942. He had his school education at Paliam High School, Chendamangalam, and took his bachelor's degree in Physics from the Union Christian College, Aluva, at the age of 18.
Sethu began his professional career at a very young age taking him to various parts of the country. This phase of his life was instrumental in shaping his literary sensibilities and came to be reflected in many of his important works.
He worked in certain Central Government departments in North India before joining the Indian Meteorological Department in Bombay in 1962. In 1964 he took a transfer to Trivandrum and worked in the Meteorological Unit of the Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station. Subsequently, he was promoted and posted to the newly established Institute of Tropical Meteorology in Pune. Then he worked in Railway Board, New Delhi for a couple of years before switching over to the banking industry in 1968. He joined the banking profession as a Probationary Officer in the State Bank Group. After holding many important positions in the Group, he took over as General Manager in the Corporation Bank and later as the Chairman of the South Indian Bank, a major private sector bank of the country. He served as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of SIB from 1999 until his retirement in 2005. He was also on the board of the State Bank of Travancore for a period of three years after his retirement.
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